Dear Alice was the brightest light to shine at the Mark Two – at the box office; her wit during the pre-show announcements and backstage where she calmed many a stormy sea with her always sunny personality.
RIP dear lady.
Peter Rocchio & Bill Baxter

Heartbreaking. She was our Mama Hen, and she loved the actors at the Mark Two. What a lovely, loving woman. I’m very grateful to you for the heads up when she wasn’t doing well. I took that opportunity to call her and I’m so glad that I did. We were all so blessed to have known such a soul.

I am so sorry to hear this. She was a wonderful woman who always brought a smile to my face. I know she is in a better place and I am sure she is telling her famous jokes to the angels. God Bless you Alice and thank you for being a part of my life. Love, Steven

A wonderful lady is now giving the pre-show welcome in Heaven’s theater. I worked with and for Alice in the Mark Two Box Office and always marveled at how she managed to resolve so many of the problems and how well she understood people. And the Magic never had a more loyal fan. My thoughts are with her daughter Tracy and her grandchildren who were always a big part of her life.

I’d known Alice since I was a goofy immature 19-yr-old. She was strong, sassy (like my own mom) and so loyal to Mark and Patrick with what they were creating in Central Florida, first in Bartow, then Lakeland then Orlando. She was loyal to her children and grandchildren and believed so strongly in family. I saw her in July at my mother-in-law’s funeral, her daughter Tracy, wheeling her around in a wheelchair, but even though Alice wasn’t standing .. she was the same. Smartass, funny, couldn’t remember a damn thing and LAUGHING …

Her son Bobby passed away at such a young age and I find comfort, even though she’s been taken from us, knowing she’s with her boy now and with other theatre family … Mark and Rick and, as Patrick reminded me, Peter Menge.

I am so sad to hear this. I have such fond memories of Alice. I was so young, when I worked at the Mark II. I learned so much from Alice, and Mark, Patrick, and Jillian, among others. These are people who I have never forgotten, and think of often, because they all taught me lessons, that I now pass on to young performers. I am so fortunate, to have know Alice:)
xoxo

In the chaos that was the original Mark One, in Lakeland, far back in the late 1970s I remember Alice as the one constant. Always a kind word, always a smile. She did have an uncanny ability to remember people’s special events and always seemed to genuinely enjoy interacting with the public. But the way I will always remember her is DURING the shows, when we would have entrances through that lobby of that crazy space, and we’d hurry and change our clothes so we could visit with her, before we went on. She was a real darling to all of us. Very special.

Joyce and I had the fortune to have interfacing for the 8 years that we were season patrons at Mark Two while we lived in Orlando (are now back in Indy). We have continued to communicate for the last 14 years and the warmth of her personality is everlasting. Joyce had ongoing contacts with Alice and felt very close to her. Sure miss her comments regarding the calorie free desserts at Mark Two. One of my favorites thoughts could have easily have been originated by Alice … “Aspire to Inspire, Before you Expire.” See you up there, Alice! Glenn Petry

Elizabeth Maupin

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